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{{Short description|Bengali-language service of the BBC World Service}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox broadcasting network
| name = BBC News Bangla
| logo = বিবিসি বাংলার লোগো.svg
| logo_caption = Logo of BBC News Bangla
| country = [[United Kingdom]]<br/>[[Bangladesh]]<br/>[[India]] ([[West Bengal]] and [[Tripura]])
| network_type = Online news portal, internet, and television broadcasts
| available = International
| owner = [[BBC]]
| endowment = [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], UK
| key_people = Mir Sabbir (Editor)
| launch_date = 1941
| website = {{URL|bbc.com/bengali}}
}}

'''BBC News Bangla''' ({{langx|bn|বিবিসি নিউজ বাংলা|Bibiśi Niuj Baṅla}}) is the [[Bengali language]] service of the [[BBC World Service]], inaugurated in 1941 for Bengali audiences worldwide especially the ones in the [[Bengal]] region, which includes the sovereign state of Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal and Tripura.<ref name="banglanews24"/> It conveys the latest political, social, economic and sports news relevant to Bangladesh, India and the world.

==History==
BBC Bangla was launched on 11 October 1941 with a 15-minute programme under the [[BBC World Service]].<ref name="BBC Bangla">{{cite web |script-title=bn:আমাদের সম্পর্কে |url=https://www.bbc.com/bengali/institutional-37289764 |website=BBC Bangla |access-date=18 February 2019 |date=6 September 2016}}</ref> BBC Bangla's headquarters used to be [[Bush House, London|Bush House]], but since 2012, it has been broadcast from [[Broadcasting House]] in [[London]] as well as from BBC bureaux in [[Dhaka]] and [[Kolkata]].<ref name="BBC Bangla"/> In September 2022, BBC Bangla announced its cessation of radio broadcasts due to financial reasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/295046/bbc-bangla-to-discontinue-radio-broadcast|title=BBC Bangla to discontinue radio broadcast|date=30 September 2022|access-date=1 October 2022|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616181713/https://www.dhakatribune.com/world/295046/bbc-bangla-to-discontinue-radio-broadcast |archive-date=16 June 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 September 2022 |title=BBC World Service proposes 382 post closures as part of savings |language=en-GB |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63072977 |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref>

On 31 December 2022, BBC Bangla officially ceased broadcasting on radio after 81 years of service, following the ''Parikrama'' program. Despite this, it continued its existence on television and the internet.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 December 2022 |title=BBC Bangla Radio: a voice in history goes off air tonight |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/bbc-bangla-radio-voice-history-goes-air-tonight-3209411 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |script-title=bn:বিবিসি বাংলা রেডিও’র ৮১ বছরের যাত্রা শেষ |trans-title=81 year journey of BBC Bangla Radio is over |url=https://www.abnews24.com/media/215853/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%AE%E0%A7%A7-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%27 |access-date=31 December 2022 |website=ABNEWS24}}</ref>

==Broadcasting==
The programmes of BBC News Bangla are broadcast on their website, television, social media sites like Facebook and YouTube.<ref name="banglanews24"/> BBC Bangla reaches over a million [[Bengali language|Bengali]] speaking people. Its radio and online services have listeners from many Bengali communities including those in [[Bangladesh]], [[West Bengal]], [[Tripura]] and [[Assam]].

==Programming==
BBC News Bangla mainly focuses on news-based daily programming and political news. They also broadcast entertainment programmes, sports news, news analysis, and discussion about daily newspapers' lead stories.<ref name="banglanews24">{{cite web |script-title=bn:সত্তরে বিবিসি বাংলা |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/62834.details |website=[[banglanews24.com]] |date=13 October 2011 |access-date=18 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In addition, they respond to and discuss messages and opinions from the audience.

===Broadcasts on FM Radio===
BBC Bangla stopped its radio broadcasts on December 31, 2022, after 81 years of service.<ref>{{cite news |title=BBC Bangla radio broadcast to stop after 81 years |url=https://dailyasianage.com/news/299326/bbc-bangla-radio-broadcast-to-stop-after-81-years |access-date=23 April 2025 |work=The Asian Age |date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231192943/https://dailyasianage.com/news/299326/bbc-bangla-radio-broadcast-to-stop-after-81-years |archive-date=31 December 2022 |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

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* [[Dhaka]] - FM 100
* [[Kolkata]] - FM 90.4
* [[Barisal]] - FM 105
* [[Comilla]] - FM 103.6
* [[Cox's Bazar]] - FM 100.8
* [[Thakurgaon District|Thakurgaon]] - FM 92
* [[Chittagong]] - FM 88.8
* [[Rangpur Division|Rangpur]] - FM 88.8
* [[Rajshahi]] - FM 88.8
* [[Sylhet]] - FM 88.8
* [[Khulna]] - FM 88.8<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/institutional/2012/07/000001_how_to_listen.shtml | title= How to listen |website=BBC Bangla | date= 4 July 2012 | access-date= 19 July 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231072850/https://www.bbc.co.uk/bengali/institutional/2012/07/000001_how_to_listen.shtml |archive-date= Dec 31, 2013 }}</ref>
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==Bangladesh Songlap==
BBC Bangladesh Songlap ({{Langx|bn|বিবিসি বাংলাদেশ সংলাপ}}) was a live programme<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/where-we-work/asia/bangladesh/sanglap|title = BBC Bangladesh Sanglap: Powered by people's questions}}</ref> of the BBC Bangla service broadcast in association with Bangladeshi satellite channel [[Channel i]] from 2005 to 2015 in three seasons.<ref name="BBC - Debate programme">{{cite web |title=BBC - Debate programme Sanglap - Media Action |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/where-we-work/asia/bangladesh/sanglap |website= |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |script-title=bn:চ্যানেল আইয়ের পর্দায় আসছে বিবিসি ক্লিক |url=https://www.channelionline.com/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9B/ |website=[[Channel i]] |date=23 November 2017 |access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref> The main focus of this programme was questions from the general public to relevant authorities about important issues.<ref name="BBC - Debate programme"/>

==See also==
{{Portal|BBC}}
*[[BBC Persian]]
*[[BBC Hausa]]
*[[BBC Somali]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{bbc.co.uk|bengali}}

{{BBC World Service}}
{{BBC Radio}}

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[[Category:Radio stations established in 1941]]
[[Category:BBC World Service foreign language stations]]
[[Category:British Bangladeshi mass media]]
[[Category:British Indian mass media]]

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